[RESOLVED] redirect not working

[pinkbaby]

Hello.

Complete newbie and I am trying to troubleshoot an existing redirect script for a client:

<?php

/*echo "file array<br><pre>";
	print_r ($_POST);
	echo "</pre>";
	*/

/*************************************************************/
/* Resume  : Redirect to another page or site				 */
/*************************************************************/
function tep_redirect($url) {
    if ( (ENABLE_SSL == true) && (getenv('HTTPS') == 'on') ) {		// loading an SSL page
      if (substr($url, 0, strlen(HTTP_SERVER)) == HTTP_SERVER) {	// NONSSL url
        $url = HTTPS_SERVER . substr($url, strlen(HTTP_SERVER));	// Change it to SSL
      }
    }
    header('Location: ' . $url);
    exit;
}




if (!isset($_POST['username']) && $_POST['username'] != '') {
	// returns to calling page if there is no username passed.  Problem with Flash unless that is a stand alone flash movie on a separate page.
	$red = $tep_redirect($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_REFERER']);
}



else {

$error = '';


	$filearray = file('****.txt') or die('File not read');
	/* echo "file array<br><pre>";
	print_r ($filearray);
	echo "</pre>";
	*/

	for ($i = 0; $i < count($filearray); $i++) {
		if (strpos($filearray[$i],$_POST['username']."\t") > -1)   {
			$userdata = explode(chr(9), $filearray[$i]);

			$username = $userdata[0];
			$password = $userdata[1];
			$email = $userdata[2];
			$path = $userdata[3];
			$pathexploded = $path."/";


			echo $username."<br>";
			echo $password."<br>";
			echo $email."<br>";
			echo $path."<br>";
			echo $pathexploded."<br>";

		}

	}

	$byebye = tep_redirect($pathexploded);



  }
?>

The echos are showing the correct values, but the page refuses to go to the new location. I even tried replacing at the top:

      $url = HTTPS_SERVER . substr($url, strlen(HTTP_SERVER));	// Change it to SSL
      }
    }
    header('Location: ' . $url);
    exit;

with:

        $url = "http://www.yahoo.com";
      }
    }
    header('Location: ' . $url);
    exit;

and it still doesn't want to relocate. I tried just a blank file with only a simple redirect straight to an outside location:

<?php

/**
 * Place in a blank PHP page
 */

// Change to the URL you want to redirect to
$URL="http://www.yahoo.com";

header ("Location: $URL");

?> 

and that is working fine. Any nudges in the right direction are greatly appreciated!!

Thanks!!

[bradgrafelman]

Is there some script defining the constants used, such as ENABLE_SSL, HTTP_SERVER, HTTPS_SERVER, ... ?

[pinkbaby]

bradgrafelman, thanks for your reply!

Is there some script defining the constants used, such as ENABLE_SSL, HTTP_SERVER, HTTPS_SERVER, ... ?

Good point. I don't think so. This is not a secure connection.

I tried taking that stuff out of the function and it still isn't cooperating:

function tep_redirect($url) {

header('Location: ' . $url);
exit;
}

[bradgrafelman]

Do you have error reporting turned on? At the top of the script... try something like:

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);

Also, can you give us a link to this perhaps?

[pinkbaby]

Got this:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /u/web/redirect3.php:53) in /u/web/redirect3.php on line 17

this:
[url]http://www.***.com/clientsonly2.htm[/url]

points to the script in question.

Thanks for your help!!

[pinkbaby]

🙁 Still no joy.

I am still getting the "Cannot modify header information" error. Here is the part the error is pointing to (line4):

<?php
ob_start();
function tep_redirect($url) {
header('Location: ' . $url);
    exit;
}

From what I have read so far, this only occurs from some output to the browser before the header is declared, and I am only seeing that the function is being named before header('Location: ' . $url);.
Echo of $url is showing the right value. Just need to get there. :queasy:

ob_start and ob_flush seem to have made no difference. Checked for spaces in two different text editors. One question I have, wouldn't the error check:

error_reporting(E_ALL); 
ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);

also be considered output to the browser. I, obviously have tried it with and without the error reporting and made no difference, just curious though.

Thanks for any response!

[bradgrafelman]

What's on line 53? (Well, that was before you added the code, might be line 55 or later now... re-check the error message)

[pinkbaby]

Still getting this:

Warning: Header may not contain more than a single header, new line detected. in /u/web/redirect3.php on line 6

which is, (with the error_reporting now inserted), this line:

header('Location: ' . $url);

This is lines 50 through 55 respectively:

}

	$byebye = tep_redirect($pathexploded);
  }
  ob_flush();
?>

[pinkbaby]

yay!!

<?php
		$filearray = file('****.txt') or die('File not read');
		/* echo "file array<br><pre>";
		print_r ($filearray);
		echo "</pre>";
		*/

	for ($i = 0; $i < count($filearray); $i++) {
		if (strpos($filearray[$i],$_POST['username']."\t") > -1)   {
			$userdata = explode(chr(9), $filearray[$i]);

			$username = $userdata[0];
			$password = $userdata[1];
			$email = $userdata[2];
			$path = $userdata[3];
			$pathexploded = "/".$path;

			/*
			echo $username."<br>";
			echo $password."<br>";
			echo $email."<br>";*/
			//echo $path."<br>";
			//echo $pathexploded."<br>";

		}

	}
	$URL = $pathexploded;
header ("Location: $URL");
?> 

Just restructured and minimized. I know this is TOTALLY insecure, but it is what the client insisted on. Still don't see why the other one wasn't working, but at least I can move forward now. 🙂

Thanks again, bradgrafelman!